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black undergraduate school, black private schools, etc. because -- and black entrepreneurs had a closed and captured audience, the black doctor, the black -- and they all lived together in one neighborhood, forced by apartheid and segregation. but the doctor lived next door to the carpenter who lived next door to the whatever. and that was the cohesion of the neighborhood. now, when that was over, it was over. and it's a beautiful thing to have more choices. and, of course, some of those choices left behind a different kind of neighborhood that was bound there by class. inability to move out. now, some of that is changing rapidly now. i mean, enterprise zones and people moving back into neighborhoods, tons and tons of people moving away from urban areas back into the south. so it's changing, it's fluid. that, i think, is better. obviously, than the forced separation. but in this route to this sort of completely diversified world that we seem to need and desire, there are moments when you will find certain schools that are 80, 90% black. so
black undergraduate school, black private schools, etc. because -- and black entrepreneurs had a closed and captured audience, the black doctor, the black -- and they all lived together in one neighborhood, forced by apartheid and segregation. but the doctor lived next door to the carpenter who lived next door to the whatever. and that was the cohesion of the neighborhood. now, when that was over, it was over. and it's a beautiful thing to have more choices. and, of course, some of those...
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with the mental health professionals is not only for them to actually do some work and help and train etc but also to report back to the west and well about how bad it is. and compare it to a western benchmark of depression etc really it's almost impossible for people to imagine some of the terrible psychological conditions here of course and so by using professionals to explain it in a professional way hopefully we can make some headway in communicating it. to the western world amazing thank you so much harry fear independent journalism campaigner for coming on sharing your story really appreciate having your work. thank you. so i encourage all of you to follow the work of harry fair measure and check out articles at gaza report dot com always remember to keep searching for that unbiased unfiltered truth thanks for breaking the set with me today and don't forget to tune in for a very special interview between me and dr cornel west tomorrow. the mission free cretaceous three sons for charges free. range month free risk free stew type free. download free broadcast quality video for your me
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yes, the service is bad, etc. but there are lots of surveys on this. if you ask british people about freeing of health care, moving towards the liberalization and having market forces work, we simply cannot do that. i remember one nice lady, idealistic young girl who said the national health services is part of the jewel of one of these businesses. but it's bankrupt. but we care enough that we are willing to help people. but you are not always helping people. so that is how a program or institution becomes so embedded in economic culture that weeding it out is almost impossible. we just need to tinker with it and try to taper it. it is actually damaging people and we need to get rid of it. and that is a very quick way of electoral rejection. my point is that once this is in place, it can stay for a long time. no matter how dysfunctional they are. >> okay, there will be one more after that. >> okay, the fertility rates are all weaker in europe now than they were before. they seem to be stronger than they are still weaker than they were. what impacts of
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and compare it to a western benchmark of depression etc really it's almost impossible for people to imagine some of the terrible psychological conditions here of course and so by using professionals to explain it in a professional way hopefully we can make some headway in communicating it. to the western world amazing thank you so much harry fear independent journalism campaigner for coming on sharing your story really appreciate a time in your work thank you. so i encourage all of you to follow all the work of harry fair make sure to check out his articles that gaza reports dot com always remember to keep searching for that unbiased unfiltered truth thanks for breaking the set with me today are going to turn in for a very special interview between me and dr cornel west tomorrow. goodson media right. ted. poe told through space towards russia. with the. of a nuclear. weapon scuffle. this land. by conflict. has changed. a modern islamic nation. and a peaceful one the stone islam is first of course secular law a second. fashion. and still. in place of. a loose traditions still a motto cannot
and compare it to a western benchmark of depression etc really it's almost impossible for people to imagine some of the terrible psychological conditions here of course and so by using professionals to explain it in a professional way hopefully we can make some headway in communicating it. to the western world amazing thank you so much harry fear independent journalism campaigner for coming on sharing your story really appreciate a time in your work thank you. so i encourage all of you to...
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mentioned the miners it wasn't just the miners it was also people who worked in steel and shipbuilding etc and there's a great deal of resentment in those parts of the country that the economic restructuring that took place took place if you like at their cost and those areas have never really recovered so there are a. number of people i think you think that she left them really with nothing while large parts of the country in the southeast in particular in london in particular the city of london if you like did very well so there's a kind of us of then feel about it discussing thatcher's impact our prime minister cameron said quote we are all thatcherites now what do you what do you think he meant by that i think he meant really that if you look at the way that britain is run these days in the way the economy works in particular it's true to say that before mrs thatcher came along large parts of industry were in the public sector all our utilities for example were controlled by the state or railways were controlled by the state nowadays that's very different we get our gas we get our elec
mentioned the miners it wasn't just the miners it was also people who worked in steel and shipbuilding etc and there's a great deal of resentment in those parts of the country that the economic restructuring that took place took place if you like at their cost and those areas have never really recovered so there are a. number of people i think you think that she left them really with nothing while large parts of the country in the southeast in particular in london in particular the city of...
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sort of thing but my question is what you know what about bush so he was the real driver of the war etc and i was only using the post world war two period to compare this with the with really the soviet period of you know after world war two i agree that the us was aggressive in latin america. prior to that you know stephen would you like to hear blair apologize it least that and bush to. yes i would like to hear blair i think. not just to his own country put to the world a lot to the ranch. and to the iraqi people as well and to the iraqi people of course absolutely that that in fact should be the first a place that he should where he should apologize but i think the point is that you know blair has sort of recreated a new career for himself as a kind of were oving ambassador to help settle the middle east and situation and he's not been a terribly significant player in that role but he's redeemed himself to that extent so that people don't don't focus solely on what he did in iraq it is interesting that people do have careers after abysmal failures in their past and it's something tha
sort of thing but my question is what you know what about bush so he was the real driver of the war etc and i was only using the post world war two period to compare this with the with really the soviet period of you know after world war two i agree that the us was aggressive in latin america. prior to that you know stephen would you like to hear blair apologize it least that and bush to. yes i would like to hear blair i think. not just to his own country put to the world a lot to the ranch....
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excuse to go in control and all reason and i mean you're not supposed to say pretty damn petroleum oil etc what they do with a little bit at least the most powerful army in the world is that i think the whole population or entire countries with what moral right to install democracy i don't think so do what you have to ask ourselves is what we are doing we when i say we do west the us and europe whatever well you have even the moral right to prom to this country we rethink what we want of islam or backward countries but whatever we think of our civilization and as it does not give us the right to come and to terrorize these countries best route people will do just desperate things which is not as after the against them but if we want to stop there and go well it is a very easy way to do stop kind of i think yourself well if you look at this recent attack i mean isn't this a case of a home grown terrorism and shouldn't perhaps the us authorities. change the strategy here and look more at what's happening at home. oh yes absolutely far from looking at what the consequences of their foreign po
excuse to go in control and all reason and i mean you're not supposed to say pretty damn petroleum oil etc what they do with a little bit at least the most powerful army in the world is that i think the whole population or entire countries with what moral right to install democracy i don't think so do what you have to ask ourselves is what we are doing we when i say we do west the us and europe whatever well you have even the moral right to prom to this country we rethink what we want of islam...
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contemporary history where a lot of things was happening in the cold war and in the emergence of new nations etc christian what kind of response to make spec from washington i mean as you said these are not strictly speaking classified anymore but you kind of collated them all together to make them easier to get hold of is washington talk uncertain about any of this. well i haven't heard of any response from the authorities here in washington of course they should be very pleased that we're doing the job that they should be doing themselves we're doing a public interest so maybe we should apply for some funds and continue his work from the us government and they should actually focus on one tension of supporting over a concert or continuing that is unprecedented and relentless is an attempt to prosecute julian or sons' and all the members of that we can use team if he says he's being hounded by the u.s. government the first true could these latest revelations make it washington even more determined to see him beyond bars do you think. well i mean this is the this is from a shoe that belongs to t
contemporary history where a lot of things was happening in the cold war and in the emergence of new nations etc christian what kind of response to make spec from washington i mean as you said these are not strictly speaking classified anymore but you kind of collated them all together to make them easier to get hold of is washington talk uncertain about any of this. well i haven't heard of any response from the authorities here in washington of course they should be very pleased that we're...
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because of course these blasts cost money you know that you know the bombing the guns the weaponry etc where would you have the shake come out of qatar a few days ago saying how his government was going to give the rebels any help it needed including arms. the british government has been sending aid to the rebels and so i think the people who are funding these terrorists have got responsibility they've all been rather he's no good you're saying oh you know they're not even getting it and so i think that the responsibility for these lies with countries like qatar with saudi arabia we took it with western powers who were you know chanting these people ok just in broadcast in the or clark thank you for those views today actually much more syrian conflict is becoming a security headache for the entire region to put out of syrian government forces from the golan heights is a major concern israel as to how this militant sort of forcibly moving into the lawless area right next to its border. and the u.s. has for years been calling for a crackdown on corruption within afghanistan's government
because of course these blasts cost money you know that you know the bombing the guns the weaponry etc where would you have the shake come out of qatar a few days ago saying how his government was going to give the rebels any help it needed including arms. the british government has been sending aid to the rebels and so i think the people who are funding these terrorists have got responsibility they've all been rather he's no good you're saying oh you know they're not even getting it and so i...
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politicians who are running germany they have nothing to do with the korean war germany or nazi germany etc that that sort of thinking is not there the thinking now is look this is sixty years later seventy years later this is a new era this is a new europe and there's no reason for us to feel guilt whatsoever you know we're the largest country engine in the e.u. and therefore we have a responsibility to step up to the plate before they were saying no we don't have a responsibility to play you know we are we're guilty we need to play a muted role but now there's a stronger germany when germany is stepping up to the plate and looking to take a leadership role that definitely changes the dynamics well i sounds like you're in favor of the festal discipline that we saw as west germany assimilated east germany and but at the same time just a few moments ago when we're talking about washington d.c. and other economies it sounds like you are in favor of money frank thanks. is there . a deaf good does it because what's good for the goose is good for the gander or what's going on here as i was sayin
politicians who are running germany they have nothing to do with the korean war germany or nazi germany etc that that sort of thinking is not there the thinking now is look this is sixty years later seventy years later this is a new era this is a new europe and there's no reason for us to feel guilt whatsoever you know we're the largest country engine in the e.u. and therefore we have a responsibility to step up to the plate before they were saying no we don't have a responsibility to play you...
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all these years later oh it's divided by by war dictatorship the aftermath of the second world war etc you have to get a little bit into the history and understand where they're coming from if you want to talk to them and communicate with them and not just feel good by denouncing them . north korea also features in today's edition of breaking the set as well host abby martin explores who gains from provoking the communist state to the brink of war. the war rhetoric from high level north korean officials is not letting up and as a result the u.s. announced that in a precautionary move they'll be speeding up the deployment of advanced missile system defense to the region in the next few weeks this following a series of u.s. training exercises in south korea as a show of military straight including sending b. two stealth bombers each of which cost taxpayers more than three billion dollars but wait before you run for your bunkers it's important understand the legitimacy of these threats and the context of why they're happening in the first place. in the world do you ever seen anything like
all these years later oh it's divided by by war dictatorship the aftermath of the second world war etc you have to get a little bit into the history and understand where they're coming from if you want to talk to them and communicate with them and not just feel good by denouncing them . north korea also features in today's edition of breaking the set as well host abby martin explores who gains from provoking the communist state to the brink of war. the war rhetoric from high level north korean...
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nitrate continues to be in the air and certainly if that's breathed in gets in your eyes because burns etc and this can go on for days. that's the case for example in an accident that occurred in texas as well and. byron texas where eighty thousand people had to be evacuated because of the ammonia theorems so in addition to that prolonged. chemicals maybe get into the groundwater that happened in iowa some time ago so i don't think the danger both immediate and long over by any stretch of the imagination in the last hour or two we had texas governor rick perry saying that his state has got the best emergency teams in the nation how prepared were they though to deal with this kind of thing i mean so there's an awful picture for these guys to go in and deal with we think a number of the dead the people that were there at the time the rescuers the police that this big explosion came what the we're still waiting to get more details on that but how prepared are they is that is the big question. i think a disaster like this. the event of a nuclear explosion a power plant going up the explosion o
nitrate continues to be in the air and certainly if that's breathed in gets in your eyes because burns etc and this can go on for days. that's the case for example in an accident that occurred in texas as well and. byron texas where eighty thousand people had to be evacuated because of the ammonia theorems so in addition to that prolonged. chemicals maybe get into the groundwater that happened in iowa some time ago so i don't think the danger both immediate and long over by any stretch of the...
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., etc., and one of the things that always tends to slip is the capital improvements. it's just the reality of what we deal with. you have real human beings with real human needs that you need to find funding for. you have real human beings with real human needs that you need to find funding for. but i think about the facility in omaha but i don't want this to be just about that facility because there are problems all over the country where we are dealing with 1950's era buildings. in the omaha va they closed the operating suite for much needed repairs. i am sure there are stories that can be told about that all across the country. as we go through the hearing this afternoon, i would like to spend a little bit of time talking about facility needs i believe itountry. is an important issue. i recognize it is an issue that slips as the budget gets put together. i want to thank you for being here. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator. >> i want to thank each and every one for being here today. i have had a chance to work with each one of you closely, and i a spec
., etc., and one of the things that always tends to slip is the capital improvements. it's just the reality of what we deal with. you have real human beings with real human needs that you need to find funding for. you have real human beings with real human needs that you need to find funding for. but i think about the facility in omaha but i don't want this to be just about that facility because there are problems all over the country where we are dealing with 1950's era buildings. in the omaha...
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what jack abramoff and i did and our staffs, and that was, quote, the biggest scandal of its time, etc. but what we did has been codified into a legal situation today. i, if i'm a lobbyist, can take any member of congress or a staffer, i can have a fundraiser. once we have the fundraiser can take you hunting, i can take you to vegas. some republicans went to a bondage club, at least they're getting personality. i put that in the book. either side of the aisle can do this. citizens united. i fought john marc cane on cam pace -- mccain on campaign be finance reform twice. he made loopholes and 527 you could drive mack trucks through. but at the end of the day with citizens united ruling and the lack of a true campaign finance reform pill at that time, you have -- bill at that time, you have a situation today where a super pac comes along, well, we can pick on karl rove or george soros, whichever side of the aisle you want to skewer. so the average member in order to counter that needs $3 million. they take their staffer, they go across the street on federal time, and they get on the tele
what jack abramoff and i did and our staffs, and that was, quote, the biggest scandal of its time, etc. but what we did has been codified into a legal situation today. i, if i'm a lobbyist, can take any member of congress or a staffer, i can have a fundraiser. once we have the fundraiser can take you hunting, i can take you to vegas. some republicans went to a bondage club, at least they're getting personality. i put that in the book. either side of the aisle can do this. citizens united. i...
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also amnesty and human rights in china etc. on the transgressions of the tibetan monks and priests and monks and nuns, the political dissidents and i would raise these cases and very rarely got any satisfaction. i would give a kind of encouraging remark about what the chinese were doing on one side and then i would need very strong, by far the strongest voice in the u.n. criticizing china. i learned having been there on seven visits that the media were completely divided. the western media never picked up that i had also given credit for certain measures taken by china. they focused on high commissioner criticized for violation of human rights and the chinese paper praised and gave me full coverage. high commissioner praises china for organizing leaders and it was really very interesting. it's still in part true. it's hard to get a balanced view. the last year that i served as high commissioner was after the terrible attacks in this country in 9/11 and i completed the most difficult task which was the world conference against r
also amnesty and human rights in china etc. on the transgressions of the tibetan monks and priests and monks and nuns, the political dissidents and i would raise these cases and very rarely got any satisfaction. i would give a kind of encouraging remark about what the chinese were doing on one side and then i would need very strong, by far the strongest voice in the u.n. criticizing china. i learned having been there on seven visits that the media were completely divided. the western media...
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etc. so you lower the price of corn. it's cheaper food which is presumably a good thing that makes it impossible for people who stand business to do this. they can't go and make silicon shirts overnight which is kind of part of the myth of free trade economics and free market economics is that if you destroy jobs and replace them they will just disappear. when you have people with little education with very fixed circumstances, if you take their livelihood away they don't have a lot of options. sure there are a lot of rob rooms with free trade and what it can do for third world countries. one issue, a big issue is when you have weak property rights if you have somebody who is a farmer and one of the defining characteristics of third world countries is of course the majority of the population are closed within their assistance farmers. they don't work in actors and they grow their own food to live. where you have people like this in a relatively isolated economy they may be left alone by the powerful economic interests in
etc. so you lower the price of corn. it's cheaper food which is presumably a good thing that makes it impossible for people who stand business to do this. they can't go and make silicon shirts overnight which is kind of part of the myth of free trade economics and free market economics is that if you destroy jobs and replace them they will just disappear. when you have people with little education with very fixed circumstances, if you take their livelihood away they don't have a lot of options....
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a great deal of federal taxes, whether it is deducted for their payroll for social security, fica, etc., with no opportunity of ever retrieving or utilizing that tax, because they are prohibited from taking any federal program. also, one of the areas in which there will be some consternation is the fact that even though they have a work visa and are working toward a permanent status, all public benefits will be denied to 11 million people that qualify for this program. host: on twitter -- guest: yes, and parts of the criteria is going to be exactly that. your background. criminal and otherwise. hopefully, this process is going to begin to dispel another myth that is used incessantly to try to stop immigration reform, is that you have people here that are just taking from the federal government and from the rest of the taxpayers. that is a myth. regardless of the studies and regardless of the scientific backing to say it is a myth, it continues to perpetuate. host: part of the pathway to citizenship would be a criminal background check? guest: absolutely, it always has been. host: mike
a great deal of federal taxes, whether it is deducted for their payroll for social security, fica, etc., with no opportunity of ever retrieving or utilizing that tax, because they are prohibited from taking any federal program. also, one of the areas in which there will be some consternation is the fact that even though they have a work visa and are working toward a permanent status, all public benefits will be denied to 11 million people that qualify for this program. host: on twitter --...
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read history prior to our lives we always do so with knowledge of what occurred, the war took place, etc. and yet be you talk, let's say, to someone who was alive during world war ii, before pearl harbor, we didn't know if the united states would enter or not, so you can get a perspective you wouldn't have on your own. it may be what you were saying about those newspapers that these newspapers wouldn't have that perspective, but i was curious not from the lead articles, but from the ancillary articles maybe what was happening with the current town meeting events, etc., how those might illuminate your understanding of events that we read about in history today. >> that's actually one of my favorite assignments, is to have students find a newspaper from aniered aniered any newspaper and just read through it for what was the news. it's usually the smaller stories or the ads that are illuminating. i always find it reassuring to read newspapers from 50 years ago, 100 years ago because there was just as much depravity and mayhem then -- sometimes more -- and horrible crimes and oh things going
read history prior to our lives we always do so with knowledge of what occurred, the war took place, etc. and yet be you talk, let's say, to someone who was alive during world war ii, before pearl harbor, we didn't know if the united states would enter or not, so you can get a perspective you wouldn't have on your own. it may be what you were saying about those newspapers that these newspapers wouldn't have that perspective, but i was curious not from the lead articles, but from the ancillary...
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threats are out there both, you know, individual, terrorist, national, etc. and i think that there's a new urgency going on ishole cybersecurity issue. and i think every industry needs to be proactive because we all are very interdependent, as greg indicates. >> host: gautham nagesh. >> you spoke that the industry has standards, but they are largely minimums. what impact has that had across the energy sector? have those standards helped compel better security practices? >> guest: i don't mean to imply that the standards are minimum, that we're not trying to do good standards. i just think in any kind of standards regime they are the minimum that people are required to do, and then you go beyond that, you need to go beyond that. for example, beyond our standards we've set up threat scenario projects with michael chertoff and his group, the former secretary of homeland security. we are, so we go from those threat scenario projects. we've got working task forces on each of the key elements that we think are important, tools and technologies. war the, what are th
threats are out there both, you know, individual, terrorist, national, etc. and i think that there's a new urgency going on ishole cybersecurity issue. and i think every industry needs to be proactive because we all are very interdependent, as greg indicates. >> host: gautham nagesh. >> you spoke that the industry has standards, but they are largely minimums. what impact has that had across the energy sector? have those standards helped compel better security practices? >>...
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. , etc., etc.. but long term it is not sustainable we were over lunch while this ochered -- occurred. but that they are not willing to lend it is just that the economy continues to sputter along. there is good news on the horizon apparently but not much loan demand from people that are strong. i don't think there is a policy some would argue your building capital to meet the new basl standards i don't think that is true we will make whatever loans we can better -- but there has not been that much demand. hopefully that will change. >> host: i was trying to be generous in 30 years and you mentioned 40 years. tell us about the country's you mentioned earlier in your career that you -- that blossomed much earlier than you thought or it looks like it had more potential but it is taking longer to come to a task. >> guest: let me think for a second. as a child and a teenager i lived both in europe and asia in the late '50s and '60s. so the place that impressed me most with progress is singapore. i recall
. , etc., etc.. but long term it is not sustainable we were over lunch while this ochered -- occurred. but that they are not willing to lend it is just that the economy continues to sputter along. there is good news on the horizon apparently but not much loan demand from people that are strong. i don't think there is a policy some would argue your building capital to meet the new basl standards i don't think that is true we will make whatever loans we can better -- but there has not been that...
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the economy should probably energy companies for example you go sky high bills very high train fares etc because about privatization policies that she and john major often. so i see it divide the country still divides the country but we must remember that even if the key is no rule than forty percent of the people voted for her so she never got over fifty percent of the vote so even at a peak in the eighty's she was still disliked by large sections of the people. into the outer world update now starting with a rocket attack that has been launched on israel's southern most town of a lot of the missiles were fired from egypt so volatile sinai region one of three rockets reportedly exploded outside a residential area however there have been no reports of casualties so far southern israel was earlier placed on high alert after reports of an al qaeda cell based in sinai preparing for a multiple terror attack. thirty four people have been killed dozens injured in pakistan following a seven point five magnitude earthquake centered on the country's border with iran and the tremors and aftershock
the economy should probably energy companies for example you go sky high bills very high train fares etc because about privatization policies that she and john major often. so i see it divide the country still divides the country but we must remember that even if the key is no rule than forty percent of the people voted for her so she never got over fifty percent of the vote so even at a peak in the eighty's she was still disliked by large sections of the people. into the outer world update now...
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the counterfactual etc. and so forth. being the sort of writer who in his genre city lit up the sky of possibility for those he came after it is safe to generate in his ambitious follower a counter roth. i will say it simply the one certainty in my generation of writers not otherwise unified by anything is that we all have some feeling about roth. we can't cannot. mostly that feeling involves some kind of strongly opinionated half bequeathed love another confession. more than 10 years after that encounter in the hamptons i become a published novelist invited for the first time to resident the artist colony. by this time i had her suit my roth obsession as i was to continue to follow it right up to the present. on my arrival a fellow writer who helped me to my room at wes tells mention the famous person who'd written masterpieces behind various windows sylvia plat john cheever and opening the door to what was my studio both unveiled a circular turret featuring a smooth dome ceiling. the breath room he announced. [laughter]
the counterfactual etc. and so forth. being the sort of writer who in his genre city lit up the sky of possibility for those he came after it is safe to generate in his ambitious follower a counter roth. i will say it simply the one certainty in my generation of writers not otherwise unified by anything is that we all have some feeling about roth. we can't cannot. mostly that feeling involves some kind of strongly opinionated half bequeathed love another confession. more than 10 years after...
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., etc., etc. totally wasted on tub, who would go on to become famous for his connection to george washington. married,he couple george washington was in the process of building mount vernon. >> well, mount vernon existed as a four-room farmhouse, but it was in the process of adding a second story. so then it was an eight-room house with an attic area at the top. >> doing that to bring his new wife there for -- >> he paid for it himself. it was partly his pride he did not want to be marrying a rich woman and using her money to make his house. i think it was to show that he, too, had a lot to offer. >> both of you have spent hundreds of hours at mount vernon. is it fair to call it the centerpiece of the washingtons' existence? >> absolutely. >> definitely, of course. >> yeah, it was the north star, the place they always wanted to return to, the place they were happiest. notyet, it's remarkable -- to jump ahead, but after the president died, maybe the greatest sacrifice of all that martha was asked t
., etc., etc. totally wasted on tub, who would go on to become famous for his connection to george washington. married,he couple george washington was in the process of building mount vernon. >> well, mount vernon existed as a four-room farmhouse, but it was in the process of adding a second story. so then it was an eight-room house with an attic area at the top. >> doing that to bring his new wife there for -- >> he paid for it himself. it was partly his pride he did not want...
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., etc. >> guest: yes. right, right, right. >> host: and here's two to start. this is a protein bar. what could possibly be wrong with this? >> guest: well, we'd have to turn to the back and look at the fine print. and this is certainly one of the phenoms you've seen in the industry. protein is a big buzz word, so now you'll see that on the front, and on the back when you're reading the fine print there -- >> host: saturated fat, 3.5 grams, 18% daily allowance. >> guest: it's actually a lowball figure. if you follow the usda guidelines, that 3.5 grams is actually more than 18% of your daily -- especially for children. >> host: so what should we be looking for here? high maltose corn syrup. >> guest: it's sweeteners. sugar is sugar is sugar. i know that's disappointing for people who like to blame high-fructose corn syrup. >> host: right. >> guest: and there is certainly an issue of how it helped perpetuate the soda consumption in this country. but, basically, that's another type of sugar that you have to be
., etc. >> guest: yes. right, right, right. >> host: and here's two to start. this is a protein bar. what could possibly be wrong with this? >> guest: well, we'd have to turn to the back and look at the fine print. and this is certainly one of the phenoms you've seen in the industry. protein is a big buzz word, so now you'll see that on the front, and on the back when you're reading the fine print there -- >> host: saturated fat, 3.5 grams, 18% daily allowance. >>...
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on the radio and disdain there for hours, you can't be a minimalist you have to wax on about bidault etc.. >> what i do is different, for those guys the game as the same. if you're doing play-by-play of a game, more times than not no matter how good you are, if the game is lousy than people, you know will move on. i say this about man and all the time, he is the greatest. it's a different style now. in the heyday, the year madden retired they have their highest ratings ever. it is talk radio, i hate to say it. you're just kidding yourself when you yell and scream. you have no game. >> your data is to insight. >> you can be more of a jackass when you are on talk radio. >> in the old days when there were just three of four stations and the board wants no matter what. now the only way out one day i did not wear pants and no one called and. it is a whole different deal now. everyone knows what the score is, but you better at the very least hope someone is at least annoyed with you. >> now we know what you are all not wearing pants when you're on the phone with us. >> that is an exclusive. (l
on the radio and disdain there for hours, you can't be a minimalist you have to wax on about bidault etc.. >> what i do is different, for those guys the game as the same. if you're doing play-by-play of a game, more times than not no matter how good you are, if the game is lousy than people, you know will move on. i say this about man and all the time, he is the greatest. it's a different style now. in the heyday, the year madden retired they have their highest ratings ever. it is talk...
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the washington post" a detailed breakdown of what is in their proposal with numbers, money figures, etc. so if you interested in that, it in "itten by aaron davis the washington post" this morning. that vote for gun control legislation in the senate today starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. look for our coverage on c-span 2. they will begin with the manchin-toomey compromise. guest: we have nine votes scheduled. the first of the background check, but we also have a assault weapons, large ammo clips, mental health, school safety -- a lot of issues. twitter user says no need to put more useless laws on the u.s. books when it comes to gun control legislation. reagan alabama, republican caller. caller: i have a question here. i keep hearing the terms. i grew up when a -- in a household with a loaded shotgun and a loaded pistol. those guns never attacked any family members. they just sat there. 71% of the household in chicago, which is an area that has a huge 71%lem with gun violence, of the household have no male figures. maybe we need to exercise more people control and do a little better
the washington post" a detailed breakdown of what is in their proposal with numbers, money figures, etc. so if you interested in that, it in "itten by aaron davis the washington post" this morning. that vote for gun control legislation in the senate today starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. look for our coverage on c-span 2. they will begin with the manchin-toomey compromise. guest: we have nine votes scheduled. the first of the background check, but we also have a assault...
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kron 4 news etc. starts now. >> good morning. it 7:00 on monday april 8th. the weather is our big story. strong winds overnight caused damage of a bed area. trees down and sends it out on our waking up without power. it does not look like the wind will be letting up anytime soon. expect breezy windy, gusty, conditions for updates. by three is currently in effect until tonight, including all the major bridges. we have team coverage of the windy weather, will start with darya and erica and the weather center. >> it looks like they are backing off a little bit. we will take a look at where there are now. >> wenindy along the peninsula and coastline where we're seeing the majority of power outages. the wind advisory is in effect until 8:00 p.m. tonight. the gusty winds are approaching from the northwest. there will continue fairly consistently into the afternoon and evening hours. although, this advisory expires at 8:00 p.m. tonight the wind's will not magically go away. >> that will last overdyed and continue into tomorrow morning. a live look at conditions in
kron 4 news etc. starts now. >> good morning. it 7:00 on monday april 8th. the weather is our big story. strong winds overnight caused damage of a bed area. trees down and sends it out on our waking up without power. it does not look like the wind will be letting up anytime soon. expect breezy windy, gusty, conditions for updates. by three is currently in effect until tonight, including all the major bridges. we have team coverage of the windy weather, will start with darya and erica and...
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speaker, is the way those people use the wall etc., the 640,000 people back in georgia use their wallet every day to make millions of decision. am i going to buy this product or that product, be involved in this activity or that activity? we run this country, mr. speaker, not just through our votes in november, but through the power of our wallet every single day. every day. and in order to find the broadest tax base of all, because economists tell us, mr. speaker, if you have a lower tax rate and a broader tax base you get more economic growth in your economy. the joint tax committee did a symposium on that, mr. speaker, in the plate 1990's, because we didn't have a computer model at that time that would model consumption tax system and they asked eight macroeconomic modeling groups, what would happen if we switched from the income tax america has today and moved to a consumption tax? well, these economic modeling groups from the left and right, mr. speaker, some in the center -- and economists for pete's sake, don't agree on much. they were across the charts, across the metrics they w
speaker, is the way those people use the wall etc., the 640,000 people back in georgia use their wallet every day to make millions of decision. am i going to buy this product or that product, be involved in this activity or that activity? we run this country, mr. speaker, not just through our votes in november, but through the power of our wallet every single day. every day. and in order to find the broadest tax base of all, because economists tell us, mr. speaker, if you have a lower tax rate...
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yes, the service is bad, etc. but there are lots of surveys on this. if you ask british people about freeing of health care, moving towards the liberalization and having market forces work, we simply cannot do that. i remember one nice lady, idealistic young girl who said the national health services is part of the jewel of one of these businesses. but it's bankrupt. but we care enough that we are willing to help people. but you are not always helping people. so that is how a program or institution becomes so embedded in economic culture that weeding it out is almost impossible. we just need to tinker with it and try to taper it. it is actually damaging people and we need to get rid of it. and that is a very quick way of electoral rejection. my point is that once this is in place, it can stay for a long time. no matter how dysfunctional they are. >> okay, there will be one more after that. >> okay, the fertility rates are all weaker in europe now than they were before. they seem to be stronger than they are still weaker than they were. what impacts of
yes, the service is bad, etc. but there are lots of surveys on this. if you ask british people about freeing of health care, moving towards the liberalization and having market forces work, we simply cannot do that. i remember one nice lady, idealistic young girl who said the national health services is part of the jewel of one of these businesses. but it's bankrupt. but we care enough that we are willing to help people. but you are not always helping people. so that is how a program or...